Tape-needle.



No. 705,800. Patented July 29, I902.

M. E. WHITTEMORE.

' TAPE NEEDLE.

Mppl'watiun fllefl Nov. 5., 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARY ELIZABETH WHITTEMORE, OF MOUN T VERNON, IOWA.

TAPE-NEEDLE.

iSPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 705,800, dated July29, 1902.

Application filed November 5 1901. Serial No; 81 199. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARY ELIZABETH WHITTEMORE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Mount Vernon, in the county of Linn and State ofIowa, have invented a new and useful Needle for TapesfRibbonmand Cords,of which the following is a specification.

My object is to provide an improved tapeneedle especially adapted fordrawing a tape, ribbon, or other flat lengths of material throughcasings and open or reticulated woven fabrics, as required to facilitatesuch work and to prevent the annoyances incident to tapes or ribbonsbecoming twisted in, the progress of such labor.

A further object is to adapt the same nee-. dlefor drawing a cordthrough the hems of curtains and other articles made of woven fabrics,as required for shirring the material.

My invention consists inthe needle adapted for such special uses andconstructed as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claim, andillustrated in the accompan yin g'drawin gs, in which i i Figure l is adiagrammatical view of the nee- Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view onthe line so a: ofFigIl, showingthecontour'of the surface on each side ofthe needle. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional View on a central linethat shows the manner of forming teeth at the large end and the taperingto the small end. Fig/l shows a ribbon fastened to the needle and theneedle inserted in a piece of woven fabric, as required for drawing theribbon therethrough.

The letter A designates the large body or.

head portion, and Bthe small tapering and pointed end, of a needlepreferably made of steel by means of dies and a'press or in any suitableway. It is obvious it may vary in size as desired and that it can bemade of aluminium, brass, or other suitable material. An elongated eyecis formed in the large end to extend transversely to admit the end of atape or ribbon and a perforation (1 close to the eye to admit the end'ofa cord. Teeth f for biting fast to theend of a tape or ribbon are formedintegral at the large end of the needle by cuttingV-shaped incisions inthe metal and then bending the free pointed ends outward to projectoutward at an angle rela tive to the surface of the needle, as shown inFig. 3, and to'be adapted to fasten the end of by Letters Patent,'is-- Aneedle made of a single piece of sheet metal, wide at one end andtapering to a point at its other end and provided with a transverse eyeat its large end, teeth near the eye and projecting toward the wide endand out .ward relative to the surface of the needle and a perforationnear the center portion of the eye, to operate in the manner set forthfor thepurposes stated.

MARY ELIZABETH WHITTEMORE. Witnesses:

CLARAL. JoHivsoN, G. G. BOWEN.

